Jamiru v The State

Trial judge should consider whether witness is an accomplice or has an interest to protect in order to decide whether corroboration was required. Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, 24 April 1984

In this case, a Provincial Secretary was convicted of fraud for inflating invoices for electrical work based on the evidence of the electrician who carried out the work and the officer who typed up the invoices. Reported by Caroline Sesay.

See Jamiru v The State for the full judgment.

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